Dominican migrant crisis

Dominican migrant crisis

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Men work at the facilities to be used to accommodate foreigners who have not legalized their status as part of the National Reorganization Plan before they are deported to their countries in Haina, 18 km of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on June 19, 2015. Tens of Thousands of undocumented immigrants are facing deportations, most of them Haitians, after the deadline to register with the authorities expired.

Men work at the facilities to be used to accommodate foreigners who have not legalized their status as part of the National Reorganization Plan before they are deported to their countries in Haina, 18 km of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on June 19, 2015. Tens of Thousands of undocumented immigrants are facing deportations, most of them Haitians, after the deadline to register with the authorities expired.

Haitians recently deported from neighboring Dominican Republic sit outside a school building where residents have allowed them to stay in the village of Fonbaya, Haiti, Thursday, June 18, 2015. Thousands of people began preparing Thursday for deportation from the Dominican Republic after failing to obtain legal residency as part of a government program to crack down on migrants, most of them from neighboring Haiti or of Haitian descent.

Haitians recently deported from neighboring Dominican Republic sit outside a school building where residents have allowed them to stay in the village of Fonbaya, Haiti, Thursday, June 18, 2015. Thousands of people began preparing Thursday for deportation from the Dominican Republic after failing to obtain legal residency as part of a government program to crack down on migrants, most of them from neighboring Haiti or of Haitian descent.